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... carried so much into the country , that the strong rich peculiarities of ancient rural life are almost polished away . My fa- ther , however , from early years , took honest Peacham * for his text book , instead of Chester- field ; he ...
... carried so much into the country , that the strong rich peculiarities of ancient rural life are almost polished away . My fa- ther , however , from early years , took honest Peacham * for his text book , instead of Chester- field ; he ...
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... carried in his hand . The old mansion had a still more venerable look in the yellow sunshine than by pale moon- light ; and I could not but feel the force of the Squire's idea , that the formal terraces , heavily moulded balustrades ...
... carried in his hand . The old mansion had a still more venerable look in the yellow sunshine than by pale moon- light ; and I could not but feel the force of the Squire's idea , that the formal terraces , heavily moulded balustrades ...
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Washington Irving. struck upon the dresser by the cook , summoned the servants to carry in the meats . Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice , And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man , with dish in hand ...
Washington Irving. struck upon the dresser by the cook , summoned the servants to carry in the meats . Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice , And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man , with dish in hand ...
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... carried it into instant effect . The old housekeeper had been consulted ; the antique clothes - presses and wardrobes rummaged , and made to yield up the relics of finery that had not seen the light for several generations ; the younger ...
... carried it into instant effect . The old housekeeper had been consulted ; the antique clothes - presses and wardrobes rummaged , and made to yield up the relics of finery that had not seen the light for several generations ; the younger ...
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... carry a high head among the plebeian society with which they were reduced to asso- ciate . The whole front of my sitting room is taken up with a bow window ; on the panes of which are recorded the names of previous oc- cupants for many ...
... carry a high head among the plebeian society with which they were reduced to asso- ciate . The whole front of my sitting room is taken up with a bow window ; on the panes of which are recorded the names of previous oc- cupants for many ...
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Page 12 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ', nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 329 - With these he lived successively a week at a time; thus going the rounds of the neighbourhood, with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief. That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable. He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter...
Page 353 - All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet school-room. The scholars were hurried through their lessons, without stopping at trifles ; those who were nimble, skipped over half with impunity, and those who were tardy, had a smart application now and then in the rear, to quicken their speed, or help them over a tall word.
Page 341 - Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a waggon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house the conquest of his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping...
Page 370 - What passed at this interview I will not pretend to say, for in fact I do not know. Something, however, I fear me, must have gone wrong, for he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chapfallen.
Page 324 - It is remarkable that the visionary propensity •I have mentioned is not confined to the native Y 2 inhabitants of the valley, but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time. However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region, they are sure, in a little time, to inhale the witching influence of the air, and begin to grow imaginative — to dream dreams, and see apparitions.
Page 158 - ... extremely awful. If they are indeed his own, they show that solicitude about the quiet of the grave which seems natural to fine sensibilities and thoughtful minds. " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here.
Page 361 - And then there were apple pies and peach pies and pumpkin pies; besides slices of ham and smoked beef; and moreover delectable dishes of preserved plums, and peaches, and pears, and quinces; not to mention broiled shad and roasted chickens; together with bowls of milk and cream, all mingled higgledypiggledy, pretty much as I have enumerated them, with the motherly teapot sending up its clouds of vapor from the midst — Heaven bless the mark!
Page 356 - ... screaming and chattering, nodding and bobbing and bowing, and pretending to be on good terms with every songster of the grove. As Ichabod jogged slowly on his way, his eye, ever open to every symptom of culinary abundance, ranged with delight over the treasures of jolly autumn.
Page 356 - The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble-field.